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Book Awards: Edgar Awards
Various book awards and links to the books in our collection. Happy reading!
Edgar Awards
The Edgar® Awards are judged by volunteer committees of professional writers, who dedicate many hours to the process. These peer awards are given by Mystery Writers of America.
2021 Award Winners
Best Novel
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
Deepa Anappara
Best First Novel
Please See Us
Caitlin Mullen
Best Paperback Original
When No One Is Watching
Alyssa Cole
Best Fact Crime
Death in Mud Lick
Eric Eyre
The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award
The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne
Elsa Hart
The G.P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award
Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery
Rosalie Knecht
Robert L. Fish Award
Tampa Bay Noir
Colette Bancroft (Editor); Tim Dorsey (Contribution by); Sarah Gerard (Contribution by); Ladee Hubbard (Contribution by); Danny López (Contribution by, Contribution by); Gale Massey (Contribution by); Yuly Restrepo Garcés (Contribution by); Lori Roy (Contribution by); Eliot Schrefer (Contribution by, Contribution by); Lisa Unger (Contribution by); Sterling Watson (Contribution by); Ace Atkins (Contribution by); Karen Brown (Contribution by); Luis Castillo (Contribution by); Michael Connelly (Contribution by, Contribution by)
Best Critical/Bibliography
Phantom Lady
Christina Lane
Best Juvenile
Premeditated Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 1)
Elizabeth C. Bunce